A Guide to the Images of the Bronze Map on the Lawn of the Alabama Department of Archives and History
14. Boll Weevil Monument
Enterprise, Coffee County
The Boll Weevil is a beetle that destroys cotton buds and bolls. After it entered Alabama in 1910, it devastated the cotton crop,
and farmers in the Wiregrass turned to peanut farming, which actually proved more profitable. The citizens of Enterprise dedicated
the Boll Weevil Monument in 1919 in mock appreciation of the Boll Weevil which compelled farmers to diversify their crops.
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